8 Best nonfiction books like Modern Science and Anarchy by Pyotr Kropotkin

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Modern Science and Anarchy

By: Pyotr Kropotkin

3.86

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

This was Peter Kropotkin's final book, in which he theorizes about the development of the modern st…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Modern Science and Anarchy by Pyotr Kropotkin , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Berserk, Vol. 1 (Berserk, #1) by Kentaro Miura, Jason DeAngelis

1. Berserk, Vol. 1 (Berserk, #1)

By: Kentaro Miura , Jason DeAngelis

4.48

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

His name is Guts, the Black Swordsman, a feared warrior spoken of only in whispers. Bearer of a gig… read more

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"It was too big to be called a sword. Massive, thick, heavy, and far too rough. Indeed, it was a heap of raw iron."

-Kentaro Miura, Berserk, Vol. 1 (Berserk, #1)

"I will never draw my sword for another man again, or be dangled by another mans dream. From now on, I will fight my own battles. -Guts, Berserk"

-Kentaro Miura, Berserk, Vol. 1 (Berserk, #1)

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2. Confessions of an English Opium Eater

By: Thomas de Quincey , Barry Milligan

4.00

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

A masterpiece of autobiography, and perhaps the first literary memoir of an addict, the Penguin Cla… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, Justin O'Brien, James  Wood, Justin Obrien

3. The Myth of Sisyphus

By: Albert Camus , Justin O'Brien , James Wood , Justin Obrien

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"A fate is not a punishment."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"there are truths but no truth"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"To will is to stir up paradoxes"

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

"Le suicide est une solution à l'absurde."

-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

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4. The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious

By: Sigmund Freud , Joyce Crick , John Carey

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

Why do we laugh? The answer, argued Freud in this groundbreaking study of humor, is that jokes, lik… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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5. V for Vendetta

By: Alan Moore , David Lloyd

3.50

Format: 92 pages, Hardcover

"Remember, remember the fifth of November..." A frightening and powerful tale of the loss of freedo… read more

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6. The Trial

By: Franz Kafka , Max Brod , Edwin Muir , Willa Muir

3.95

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year after Kafka’s death, The Trial is the terrifyi… read more

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  • philosophy
"But I’m not guilty,"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"Asking questions were the most important thing."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"It was very learned, but it didn't actually say anything."

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

"The way she sits on my lap as if it were her proper place!"

-Franz Kafka, The Trial

Cover of The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin

7. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
"... “Dangerous!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Freedom is never very safe."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Who do you think is lying to us?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

8. Listen, Little Man!

By: Ralph Manheim , William Steig , Wilhelm Reich

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Listen, Little Man! is a great physician's quiet talk to each one of us, the average human being, t… read more

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9. Zorba the Greek

By: None , None , Nikos Kazantzakis

4.04

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

The classic novel, international sensation, and inspiration for the film starring Anthony Quinn exp… read more

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  • philosophy
"فالروح نفسها تبدو وكأنها بحر وغيمة وعطر"

-None, Zorba the Greek

"كم هو حزين ان تسير بمفردك على ساحل البحر"

-None, Zorba the Greek

"إنّني أعتقد - ليسامحني الله - أنّني سعيد."

-None, Zorba the Greek

"You can knock on a deaf man's door forever."

-None, Zorba the Greek

10. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

By: Mark Fisher

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

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11. The Metamorphosis

By: Franz Kafka , Stanley Corngold

3.88

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690 "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning fr… read more

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  • philosophy
"Oh, God"

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"I only fear danger where I want to fear it."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"It was half past six and the hands were quietly moving forwards."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

12. The Emotions: Outline of a Theory (Philosophical Library Book)

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Bernard Frechtman

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

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13. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

By: Vladimir Lenin

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

'Globalisation' is the buzzword of the 1990s. VI Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitali… read more

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  • history
  • theory
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"Crises of every kind — economic crises more frequently, but not only these — in their turn increase very considerably the tendency towards concentration and monopoly."

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

"At the basis of these swindles and manipulations lies socialised production; but the immense progress of humanity, which achieved this socialisation, goes to benefit the speculators."

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

"But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop…"

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

"As long as capitalism remains what it is, surplus capital will never be utilised for the purpose of raising the standard of living of the masses in a given country, for this would mean a decline in p…"

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

14. Othello

By: William Shakespeare

4.48

Format: None pages,

In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (betwee… read more

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15. Totem and Taboo

By: Sigmund Freud , James Strachey

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Widely acknowledged to be one of Freud's greatest cultural works, when Totem and Taboowas first pub… read more

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16. The Bhagavad Gita

By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more

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17. How to Blow Up a Pipeline

By: Andreas Malm

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appea… read more

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  • history
  • theory
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
"The context for hope is radical uncertainty; anything could happen, and whether we act or not has everything to do with it."

-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline

"I once asked Bill McKibben, after an energising speech to a capacity crowd, when – given that the situation is as urgent as he portrayed it and we all know it is – we escalate. He was visibly ill at …"

-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline

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18. Where the Wild Ladies Are

By: Aoko Matsuda

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, hu… read more

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"He who speaks of love must do so with courage."

-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are

"When they are truly into something, they are absolutely single-minded in their fixation. They give it all they have. They throw heaps of money at it, research it endlessly, and do whatever seems nece…"

-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are

"How unfair society was! Male employees had to pretend to be capable of doing things they couldn't do, while female employees had to pretend to be incapable of doing things they actually could do. Ove…"

-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are

"Previously she'd lacked confidence and was forever putting out feelers to the people around her to gauge what they were thinking, but these days she gave out an almost authoritative aura, as if to si…"

-Aoko Matsuda, Where the Wild Ladies Are

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19. Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism (Kairos)

By: Silvia Federici

3.91

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

More than ever, “the body” is today at the center of radical and institutional politics. Feminist, … read more

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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20. Aspekte des neuen Rechtsradikalismus. Ein Vortrag

By: Theodor W. Adorno

4.19

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Am 6. April 1967 hielt Theodor W. Adorno auf Einladung des Verbands Sozialistischer Studenten Öster… read more

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  • history
  • theory
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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21. Modern Science and Anarchy

By: Pyotr Kropotkin

3.86

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

This was Peter Kropotkin's final book, in which he theorizes about the development of the modern st… read more

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  • history
  • theory
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science

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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

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Vladimir Lenin

4.23

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How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Andreas Malm

3.96

Transform Your Habits

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Silvia Federici

3.91

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10 must-read classics books like The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious by Sigmund Freud, Joyce Crick, John Carey

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The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

4.01

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The Red Book: Liber Novus

C.G. Jung , Sonu Shamdasani , Mark Kyburz , John Peck

4.50

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William H. Gass , William Gaddis

4.20

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Flora Rheta Schreiber

3.99

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